Medicaid Provider Burden Cut

Connecticut's state legislators don't often get credit for the work they do. But a group of health care provider associations representing Connecticut's hospitals, home health providers, physicians, skilled nursing facilities and dentists want to make sure that the public is aware of the remarkable effort that the legislature's Human Services Committee achieved under the leadership of committee co-chairwomen Sen. Marilyn Moore and Rep. Cathy Abercrombie.

After hundreds of hours of meetings with providers and state agency officials over the past two years, important changes were made to the Medicaid provider audit process to increase transparency and fairness and reduce a costly and time-consuming regulatory burden.

These changes are a positive step in ensuring that Medicaid patients have access to and receive the very best health care supported by a robust provider network.

Deborah Hoyt, WallingfordThe writer is president and CEO of the Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home.